Lead Database Infrastructure Engineer
| Posting date: | 16 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £62,109 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 March 2026 |
| Location: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Government Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 449728 |
Summary
As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer, you will provide senior technical leadership across our database platforms, ensuring they are secure, reliable, performant and designed in line with modern engineering standards. You will lead teams in delivering and supporting core database services that underpin critical systems, working across Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL (PaaS) and AWS RDS. You will shape engineering best practice, guide architectural decisions, and drive improvement across the full service lifecycle.
Tools and Technologies we use:
We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:
Data: Microsoft SQL Server (Both on premises and on AWS/Azure), PostgreSQL, AWS Athena
Backend: TSQL, C#, Python, Powershell, Java
DevOps: Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform
AI: Azure ML Studio, Python, Github Copilot, OpenAI
Tools and Technologies we use:
We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:
Data: Microsoft SQL Server (Both on premises and on AWS/Azure), PostgreSQL, AWS Athena
Backend: TSQL, C#, Python, Powershell, Java
DevOps: Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform
AI: Azure ML Studio, Python, Github Copilot, OpenAI